Fedora tips-yum error -existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy

admin on June 24th, 2008 | File Under Fedora, Linux General Tips -

tipsIf you see error infor. “Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy“,that means Yum is updating by itself,no worry. Of course,you may shut down the updating process by below two ways Read More »

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How to install Fedora 9 audio and video decodes

admin on June 18th, 2008 | File Under Fedora, Linux General Tips, Linux OS -

tipsFedora 9 audio player solutions:
# yum install rhythmbox gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-ffmpeg
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Fedora tips-speed up yum downloading

admin on June 17th, 2008 | File Under Fedora, Linux General Tips, Linux Tips -

tipsI was ever sick of Fedora’s yum downloading speed,because i am in out of America.After read several documents,i found out the way to speed up yum downloading.Their are 2 principles to speed up yum downloading,the first is to use better download tool,the sencond is to user faster source.You know,yum supports plugin,this fuction brings us more convinences.I have sumed up my experience to be 3 points to instruct how to speed up yum downloading as following:~ Read More »

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